Battle Creek Habitat for Humanity Works to Spruce Up Blighted Properties

Volunteers from River Walk Community Church in Battle Creek worked Saturday afternoon to give a more appealing look to a house at 657 Van Buren St., under a new effort to spruce up blighted properties in the city.

The initiative was launched last week by Battle Creek Area Habitat for Humanity, which is targeting abandoned houses to be boarded up, cleaned up and secured.


"There are over 600 abandoned houses in Battle Creek, many with broken windows and smashed doors," executive director Joe Konrad said in a new release. "They are accessible and they are dangerous."

 

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